Dinner · 45 min · Amounts not specified
Potato kugel
A latke that grew up. Edges should shatter. The middle can stay a little soft.
The sheet · 8 as a side · 45 min
mediumWhy tonight. A latke that grew up. Edges should shatter. The middle can stay a little soft.
What it needs
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- potato
- onion
- eggs
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: olive oil.
Method
- Grate the potato and onion together. The onion is not only flavor — it keeps the potato from going pink while you work.
- Wring the whole lot out in a towel, then let the liquid settle and pour it off, keeping the pale starch in the bottom of the bowl. That starch goes back in.
- Beat in the eggs and a great deal of salt. It should look wetter than seems right.
- Heat the fat in the dish first, in the oven, until it shimmers, then pour the mixture into hot fat. That is the difference between a kugel with an edge and a tray of steamed potato.
- Hot oven, an hour, uncovered. Cut it after ten minutes' rest.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardTruly Foolproof Poached EggsJ. Kenji López-AltPoaching without the wispy strands. The trick is what happens before the egg reaches the water.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- potato
- Waxy holds its shape, floury falls apart, and almost every potato complaint is the wrong one for the job.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
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